Entries from May 2012

Jackson County’s unemployment rate — following a statewide trend — dipped slightly between February and March, according to statistics released last week by the Georgia Department of Labor. Jackson County’s jobless rate fell to 8.8 percent from 9.2 percent for February. Georgia’s rate, meanwhile, fell to 9.0 percent, its lowest since ...
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The Commerce Parks and Recreation Department is accepting registrations for fall sports — including tackle football and cheerleading, flag football and cheerleading, softball and soccer — through June 1 at its Veterans Memorial Park office. Hours for registering are 1-5 p.m. Monday-Friday and 1-6 p.m. on Thursdays. Parents registering their ...
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Pitching dominance drove Commerce High School to sweep Washington-Wilkes in the preliminary playoff baseball series at Tiger Field on Monday. The Tigers won 5-1 and 12-0 with Colton Davis and Robert Hayes each contributing complete games from the mound. The wins advance Commerce (21-6) to the first-round of the Class A state playoffs on Friday. ...
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A host of Commerce High School track and field athletes qualified for the state finals during the inaugural East Sectional Meet held at the University of Georgia on Saturday. The boy’s 4x100 relay team headlined the group, with a time (43.55) less than a second behind the top qualifying team from Hancock Central High School in Sparta. Quay ...
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Next season is still a long way off if one looks at the calendar, but for coach Mike Cavey and the Apalachee High School baseball team, thoughts have already turned toward 2013. For it’s that season, Cavey hopes, his team will be able to take the step into the postseason. With numerous players returning, including several freshmen who played ...
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JEFFERSON’S T. McFerrin believes he and his coaching staff have their work cut out for them this spring football session with a Dragon squad that will be cutting its teeth. “We’re really young and inexperienced, more so than anytime in the three years I’ve been there,” McFerrin said. “This is my fourth year and we’ve got more new ...
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The Jackson County Board of Education has named two finalists for its next superintendent — both of whom haven’t been employed by the county school system. Board chairperson Lynn Massey-Wheeler announced in a statement issued late Wednesday afternoon that Dale Gaddis and Dr. John Green are the finalists for the top position in the Jackson ...
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The Jackson County Board of Education has named two finalists for its next superintendent — both of whom haven’t been employed by the county school system. Board chairperson Lynn Massey-Wheeler announced in a statement issued late Wednesday afternoon that Dale Gaddis and Dr. John Green are the finalists for the top position in the Jackson ...
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Jackson County will have one representative at the boys’ state competing in two events. Yohan Reynolds finished fourth in the 110-meter hurdles (15.52 seconds) and third in the 300-meter hurdles (39.97 seconds) at the Class AA East Sectionals in Barnesville over the weekend. Reynolds got to sectionals by winning the 300-meter hurdles ...
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JUST AS they’ve done for most of the year, East Jackson’s Cale Pirtle and Jefferson’s Mason Hamrick topped the field over weekend at the state sectionals. As for Hamrick, he recovered from a second-place finish last week at region with a career-best 14-foot vault in the pole vault to finish first at sectionals. Hamrick will look to become ...
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